Big Turk

Hahaha...we would have Nabors and Knox on the same team...that could set up for some interesting play by play calls 😂 Get some "Three's Company" calls with Allen involved 😂

Yeah it definitely is maddening. That being said, in the grand scheme of things, we aren't in those positions that often(except this year) since we typically are blowing teams out. They also had the best regular season record since 2020 and haven't lost in the regular season by more than 6 points in over 2 years(Indy 11/21/21 was the last time), so that simply shows how few times they have actually lost and how hard it is to beat them...and in most cases, the Bills do far more to beat themselves than the other team actually does.

This is what makes this season even the more maddening...If the Bills get in the playoffs they could go on the road and make it to the Super Bowl as the 7 seed ala the Steelers(well, 6 seed then) back in the day. Have they dug themselves too big a hole with their stupid losses? Who knows...will be even more maddening if Miami gets the 1 seed after we failed 3 years straight. But it would be awesome if we get in and play them a 3rd time for the 2nd straight season and beat them in the AFC Championship game in Miami like in 1992? I believe, in what I call the "Screen Game", where Thurman Thomas destroyed them on screens for much of the game.

Honestly can you blame him? He wasn't playing even average by any stretch of the imagination, but he definitely was far better than those other 2 bozo's they had in there. Hackett has ran 2 of the most inept offenses in the NFL 2 years straight...

Well...that is only partially true...if the Bills have the ball last, they usually win in those situations...if they score too quickly and give the other team the ball back with anything over 13 seconds where they only need a FG they tend to not fair too well.

Metcalf is maddening honestly tho...dude has the talent to be a consistent 100+ catch, 1500+ yard receiver in the NFL similar to AJ Brown and he simply isn't. Currently on pace for 69 catches, his lowest total since his rookie year, and 1150 yards, decent but has only had 2 100+ yard receiving games this season. Dude is Gabe Davis+ in reality... Basically has a higher floor than Davis, but all too often plays near his floor rather than near his ceiling which is top 5 WR in the NFL. He has the talent to be far better than these stats:

IMO, the Bills should take multiple WR's in the first 1-3 rounds because they will likely be players better than anyone not named Diggs at the WR position on this roster currently. F the defense...McD has shown enough ability to hold his own with patchwork players...focus on building an unstoppable O so you don't have to worry about last game defensive stands...when you are ahead by 3 TDs, those don't matter much.

Strange considering McD is undefeated coming off Bye Weeks.

Yeah, I talked about this a few weeks ago when Burrow went down...it's unbelievable how they lucked into Chase via injury one year and now are lucking into another top 10 WR most likely due to injury again in the year Higgins/Boyd are likely departing. Luckily for the Bills this WR draft class is very deep and very good. Could almost get multiple WR's in top 2-3 rounds that would be better than anyone not named Diggs currently on the roster.

Yeah, you can only win with smoke and mirrors for so long.

Their offense has been downright bad some games...they have scored 21 or less in 7 of their 12 games this year. The defense is carrying them...without them they would be 6-6 like the Bills or maybe even worse.

Don't forget Steelers lost as well.

Multiple Bills sources report there is a ZERO percent chance he gets fired, but keep believing what you must I guess.

Guess its a good thing the cap isn't real.

Eagles' CB Darius Slay said it best "He threw the ball 51 times, he is going to throw an INT at some point, it's just going to happen. He was out there doing his thing, I don't get what people are complaining about the turnover for."

That's not true...they have made Brady look bad a few times, Rodgers looked bad, etc... Let's not try to re-write history based on recent events. For a long time Buffalo was the "No-Fly Zone" of the NFL and they made even the simple 5 yard checkdowns tough throws.

Honestly, I would be shocked when factoring in weather conditions if it was higher than 5%

I think you vastly underestimate how quickly teams reload. Look at Baltimore for an example.

I mean after watching the Browns-Colts game where they literally forced the Browns to score by handing them something like 15 chances to score from inside the 10 yard line with 4 defensive penalties on the Colts, one nullifying a turnover by the Colts, nothing would surprise me. I don't think I ever remember refs factoring in late in the game like they have this year so often...every game this year seemingly has late defensive penalties called that help a team drive down and score.

Have to believe it was far less than that accounting for the conditions he kicked it in...I would be shocked if it was over 5% with weather factored in.

Isn't it sad that even during the drought years we still had plenty of times the D sealed games for us but yet anytime it's left up to this D they fail?

They could have called the grounding since the ball didn't reach the LOS but Gabe Davis was literally 2-3 feet from where the ball landed which should have nullified that.

That is correct, it does not apply in the pocket. Allen was not in the pocket, he was near the sideline meaning the normal horsecollar rules apply

Except that is actually irrelevant. You cannot grab the inside of the jersey period, as stated in the NFL Rulebook below: Effectively Hochuli made up his OWN VERSION of the rule instead of using the one the NFL has.

It helps keep players fresh overall during the course of a game, but it also doesn't allow players to get used to playing a lot of snaps at once, especially in a hurry up situation. Typically the pass rush seems to go away completely during the late game drives and I can't help but think part of it may be they are not conditioned well enough in those situations to play that many snaps non-stop like some other players who are used to playing more snaps. Maybe I am totally off base but I don't think it's crazy to think that players who aren't conditioned to be playing snaps in that manner are going to be tired late in the drives.